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Welty, Eudora
(Encyclopedia) Welty, Eudora, 1909–2001, American author, b. Jackson, Miss., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1929. One of the important American regional writers of the 20th cent. and one of the finest…The Devil's Dictionary: Optimist
by Ambrose Bierce OPTIMISMORATORYOPTIMIST -n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white. A pessimist applied to God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness…The Bonesetter's Daughter
Author:Amy TanPublisher:Putnam In her fourth novel author Amy Tam explores the relationship between a first-generation Chinese-American and her ancestors. Ruth Young and her mother, Lu Ling,…Brewer's: Daughter
Greek, thugater, contracted into thugter; Dutch, dogter; German, tochter; Persian, dochtar; Sanskrit, duhiter; Saxon, dohter; etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…American Daughter
By:Wendy WassersteinDirector:Daniel SullivanSets:John Lee BeattyCostumes:Jane GreenwoodLighting:Pat CollinsSound:Scott Lehrer and Donna RileyOpened:4/97 at the Cort TheaterCast:Kate Nelligan…Zeus's Daughter
The Question: I've been trying to remember something about Greek mythology. Wasn't there a child of Zeus that grew from his head? If so, which child…The General's Daughter
Director: Simon WestWriters: Christopher Bertolini and William GoldmanParamount; R; 118 minutesRelease: 6/99Cast: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell Let's start with the title:…A Prayer for my Daughter
A Prayer for my DaughterOnce more the storm is howling and half hid Under this cradle-hood and coverlid My child sleeps on. There is no obstacle But Gregory's Wood and one bare hill Whereby…Brewer's: Daughter of the Horseleech
One very exigeant; one for ever sponging on another. (Prov. xxx. 15.) “Such and many such like were the morning attendants of the Duke of Buckingham—all genuine descendants of the daughter…Brewer's: Daughter of Peneus
(The). The bay-tree is so called because it grows in greatest perfection on the banks of the river Peneus (3 syl.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Daughter…Trending
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